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Historic Opportunities: EPIC & NWF Recommendations for Texas State Revolving Funds
The Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs (CWSRF and DWSRF) are nearly synonymous with water and wastewater infrastructure financing in Texas. For decades the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has provided low-cost financing and forgivable loans through the
Texas Monthly: Leaky Pipes are Wasting Billions Upon Billions of Gallons of Texas Water
As Texas’s population booms and the state grows hotter and drier, it’s more important than ever to understand: Who’s wasting our water? Every day buried pipes across Texas spill water into the soil, through breaks large and small. Roadwork and digging
San Antonio Express News: How SAWS is working to fix its 21 billion-gallon water loss problem
When the San Antonio Water System pitched the Vista Ridge pipeline, the utility called it a “game-changing water project.” SAWS officials promoted the $2.8 billion project as a crucial step to diversify and expand San Antonio’s water supply, and they
Texas Tribune: Old pipes cause Texas cities to lose tens of billions of gallons of water each year
Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and straining the state’s water supply, according to self-reported water loss audits. The documents
Houston Chronicle: With flood risk a moving target, can Texas’ state plan catch up?
The first full draft of the [state flood] plan from the Texas Water Development Board, a 267-page report that drew on input from 15 volunteer-led regional groups, showed that over 5 million Texans live or work in areas susceptible to flooding. At-risk
Axios Houston: Nature-based solutions key to Galveston’s climate resiliency
Galveston Island is vulnerable to sea level rise, and a new report emphasizes the need for more nature-based solutions. The Climate Resilient Galveston report released this week by the National Wildlife Federation identifies how solutions that restore and strengthen Galveston’s natural features
Climate Resilient Galveston Report Shows the Value of Nature-Based Solutions
Galveston Island is no stranger to extreme weather events. From the Great Storm of 1900, which still holds the record for the deadliest storm in the U.S., to Hurricane Ike in 2008, which damaged more than three-quarters of the island’s
Next City Opinion: Texas Needs Radical Solutions for Water Conservation – But Cities Don’t Need To Reinvent the Wheel
This op-ed appeared in Next City in collaboration with the Rio Grande International Studies Center. (Photo Credit: RGISC/Harvard) South Texas is facing a water crisis decades in the making. Much of the region’s growing population relies on the Rio Grande
